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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1207 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY
TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT.
* AT 1207 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 32 NM SOUTH OF
TORTUGAS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE SOUTH, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, STEEP AND FAST-BUILDING
SEAS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS. STAY LOW OR GO
BELOW, AND MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.
INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. STAY
LOW, OR GO BELOW. LOWER VHF ANTENNA, OUTRIGGERS, FISHING RODS, AND
UMBRELLAS.
LAT...LON 2409 8314 2394 8290 2377 8302 2383 8324
2390 8325
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 115DEG 10KT 2389 8305
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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